Saban Films said it acquired the North American distribution rights to “The Homesman,” which stars Tommy Lee Jones, who also directed, and Hilary Swank. The film premiered May 18th in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Saban Films, a new affiliate of Saban Capital Group headed by Bill Bromiley, said it planned to aggressively pursue films that generated buzz in Cannes. “The Homesman” marks the concern’s first acquisition and the second time Bromiley, Tommy Lee Jones and Michael Fitzgerald have worked together on a film. They also collaborated on 2009′s “In the Electric Mist.”

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